Cops: Convicted burglar caught breaking into Guilderland shop

By Bryan Fitzgerald

Published 3:53 pm, Tuesday, November 12, 2013

GUILDERLAND — An Albany man twice convicted of burglary broke into a town flower shop after it closed Monday, but was chased out of the store by its owner who was still there working, police said.

At 8:48 p.m. Monday, Curtis Brisson broke into Touch of Country Florist at 2080 Western Ave., police said. The store owner immediately confronted Brisson, who ran off but was shortly nabbed by cops.

Charged with burglary, possession of burglar tools and criminal mischief, Brisson, 43, of South Pine Avenue, was arraigned in Guilderland Town Court and sent to Albany County jail without bail.

Brisson, according to state records, was convicted of burglary in 2003 and 2008, the more recent conviction for breaking into a Mechanicville Chinese restaurant with a crowbar and taking cash from the register.

In May 2012, Brisson was arrested for breaking the glass window to an Albany coffee shop and swiping cash. How and if that case was resolved was not immediately clear.